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[CITE: 5USC8130]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
               CHAPTER 81--COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES
 
                         SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
 
Sec. 8130. Assignment of claim

    An assignment of a claim for compensation under this subchapter is 
void. Compensation and claims for compensation are exempt from claims of 
creditors.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 546.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 775.                 Sept. 7, 1916, ch.
                                                    458, Sec.  25, 39
                                                    Stat. 747.
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    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
